Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Get out there and VOTE people!!!

We need more of these!!!

"This is the city and I am one of the citizens, Whatever interests the rest interests me." W. Whitman

If you care anything about the direction of transit and our quality of life vote AGAINST the repeal of the half-cent transit tax. (Unless, of course, you want to be the kind of jerk who wants to take away yet another source of transportation funding out of our city of 35 newcomers every day!)

My Endorsements:

Beverly Earle for mayor: She has a vision for neighborhood revitalization, is pro-transit and will get the things done that need to get done for that vision...not veto them like our current mayor!

School Board:

Trent Merchant

Liz Downing

Joe White

At-Large:

Susan Burgess

Anthony Foxx

Edwin Peacock (I'm impressed with his vision for transit)

Jack Flynn

Vote for all of the Bonds!! Quality of Life, people. Capital investments to support our (smart) growth and economy! If we don't get land bonds passed we may lose our prime natural areas to development and degrade thus not just our local beauty but our drinking water sources...We need to develop with urban infill and urbanism. And that's why I'm here and what will keep me here! ')

Improv

I practice architecture and urban design in Charlotte, N.C., often as a consultant in transportation projects. The rest of my time I help layout the developments of the clients of the firm I work for. While I'd like to be an urbanist, if anything, I'm an expert in the layout of parking lots. For now, just consider me an "aspiring urbanist", until governments allow me to practice what I preach.